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laob six tre- free press acton ontario thursday august 4th 19m will hit subdivides harder lerown reads two bylaws subdtvtdera will be paylnca rnych- larger share of town services when they build if legislation being con sidered by georgetown council be comes uw at council meeting preliminary leadings were given to two bytaws which have an important bearing 4n future subdivisions the legislation is essentially the same as in the town agreement with delrex dev- elopmeitts with the addition of a charge for engineering services of up to five per cent when the town deems it necessary to obtain- engi tigering advice the bylaws were submitted by councils town planning committee which is headed by cr doug sar gent one bylaw will control the pro portion of industrial and residential property in georgetown subdivi sions of five acres- or more limiting house building to 80 per cent of the assessment of the subdivision a subdividcr would be allowed to proceed yith building on 25 per cent of the residential lots and then would have to produce a compen sating industry a possible loophole in the bylaw is plugged with a clause which gives council the right to decide if a sub- divider is contravening the bylaw by splitting a large acreage into a number of five acre sections in subdivisions under- five acres the council require a 300 payment per lot as a service charge the second bylaw requires sub- dividers to supply a number of necessary services at their own ex pense roads sanitary sewers side walks watermains and street signs must nil be supplied and if neces sary storm sewers drainage ease ments must be given the corporation where necessary also a fee of up to five per cent for engineering services is also a re sponsibility of the contractor the town will not take over the services installed until so per cent of the buildings arc erected as a guarantee that the subdlvid- er will live up to his obligations he must deposit sufficient money with the town or post a bond sufficient to cover all costs of services before proceeding with any construction questioned whether the new by laws will affect pelrex mayor arm strong said georgetowns agree ment with the firm would obviate the bylaw applying to that subdivi sion however he said it will re gulate what have been called ad ded starters owned- by delrex such as the george cleave and rus sell hepburn farms which were not included in the towns agreement oakville may become city oakville assessor percy spurg- eon said that he thinks the 1955 census of oakville will show total population to have passed the 10000 mark it it does obkville will automatically cease to be a town and willbecomc a city last years census showed 9111 peopleliving th for the pas several years the town has gained around h per cent annually even a 10 per cent increase from a year ago would put the present popul ation at 10088 i mr spurgcon says that he ex pects to find the largest increase came from new apartment dwell ers- and boarders figures should be available some time around the middle of september construction starts on community pool construction has started on a 50000 community swimming pool project which is being sparked by georgetown lions club toronto contractors milne and nichols have been awarded the con tract for the georgetown pool and preliminary work is in progress be hind the arena where the pool will be located a fund campaign has been launch ed and a total of 6450 is in the bank as a start with donations he- ins solicited to raise this to at least 50000 the lions procured the location and prepared plans and specifica tions and they have been aided sub stantially by the fire department in clearing the land by don ford who mowed grass and weeds and town engineer douglas wilson wh is do ing the surveying amend bylaw to build plant citizens want new hospital if the enthusiasm shown by a group of more than 50 citizens means anything a hospital is prac tically assured for burlington and district a meeting held in the arena circus room set up commit tees and appointed the joint bur lingtonnelson committee to take the necessary stepsto obtain a charter in toronto there was not a dissenting voice front among the audience represent ing municipal church service and other groups in both the town and township in addition seven doctors took time out from their work to point out the need for a hospital in thctren and promised their assist ance in obtaining one it was generally agreed that a hospital there should have from 80 to 100 beds cost was estimated to run from 1200000 to 2000000 with government building grants approximately 250000 it was painted out also that government grants would contribute in a large way in the operation of a hospital apologize for decision delay chairman lome cumming of the ontario municipal board apologiz ed for the delay in handing down a decision on the oakvilletrafalgar annexation hearing you cant expect a decision be fore the end of august mr cum ming said we are terribly short- handed down here and we have to take on other hearings as they come along i know there is a great deal of interest in oakville and trafalgar he continued but there is not much chance of a decision being forthcoming before several weeks have passed mr cumming said the board is swarhped with work and is doing its utmost to deliver the various decisions he said the decision was too important to be hurried we will give a ruling as soon as pos sible lie concluded special meeting for municipal building burlington councils most powerful diesel in canada d s thomson vicepresident canadian pacific railway and george a mueller right senior vicepresident canadian locomotive company exchange a few words during their inspection of the most powerful diesel locomotive in canada handed over to the cpr at kingston recently the 2400 horsepower unit boasts a top speed of 75 mph and more pull ing power than any other locomotive on cpr lines the powerpacked unit another canadian pacific first is equally adept at hauling freight or passenger cars the new trainmaster will under go tests on the montrealst john nb line and later on the kettle valley division ask 800000 for south peel hospital south peel hospital board will ask ratepayers of three local muni cipalities to vote 800000 more to hasten the erection of a 125bed hos pital near cooksville with nearly vjooooo on hand the board members said the hospital will cost a total or 1750000 last year toronto township ratepayers voted 300000 for a 68- bed hospital they will be asked to approve a further 725000 grant at the next municipal election port credit ratepayers who voted 60000 last year will be asked to grunt a similar amount this year while streetsville will be asked for 15000 georgetown council wonrdose mill restore pioneer farm home built at oakvrlle before 1829 in an effort to preserve a bit of pioneer farm home construction oakvilliana for posterity oakville i consists of large kitchen with a historical society is conducting a fireplace for cooking and heating the air was cleared in george town council chamber if not in the alliance paperfnill district when a delegation of union representatives appeared to protest statements made jy councillors last week in a coun- but there is nt jet discussion of odours from the companys mill waste an apology for his statement that the mill should leave town if they cannot operate without a stench by cr walter gray and explanation by reeve stan allen that he had been somewhat misquoted in his campaign to raise funds for the re storation of the old pioneer farm home rtcintly acquired as an ad dition to the old post office mu seum the venerable dwelling built previous to 1828 was originally owned by merrick thomas and was r purchased from the de partment of national defence for a nominal fee the building a masterpiece of statements oboul mill wages were accepted by the delegation as evi dence that council collectively or individually would be concerned at any thought of the mill leaving town councillors are human and tempers fly here as well as any where else said reeve allen ex plaining thai while he is still inter ested in seeking a remedy to over come the odour it is not his inten tion to see the mill closed or any worker hurt tom hill union president intro duced the delegation which includ ed william engleby honorary presi dent and vice president del maj- uery and several other members and two smaller rooms it will be used to display furniture and sund ries typical of the period now own ed by the museum mrs hazel c mathews oakville historian and authoress of oakville and the sixteen instrumental in procuring tin- building is also sup ervising the restoration process the massive stone fireplace has been reconstructed from native stone and is lined with hand made brick the front porch has been partially rebuilt and support col umns replaced where necessary and the roof has been reshingled afju ex pojmbing heatino eavestroughing pressure systems water softeners 251 mason blvd acton phone 25 power roads council concern borrowing of money to be used for the extension and improvement of the power distribution system was authorized at the meeting of rockwood council in the town hall recently in a motion moved by mr cox and mr armstrong and carried unanimously it was decided to ob tain 8000 upon debenture for the carrying out of the work the im provement will cover the police village of rockwood the proposal was given first and second readings other business included a report by edgar w harris to the effect that he had dernouahed three build ings on lot s concession 3 in april on a motion of mr mcnabb and mr oakes the collector was authorized to rebate the sum of 1800 on his 1055 tax account new road signs were discussed and investigation is being made the roads superintendent was instructed to carry out work on the fourth line oa soon as possible and dependent upon purchase of land at the usual price to undertake the improvement work on the jog on number 20 aide road later in the year he was further instructed to consult a solicitor with a view to obtaining a deed for property ac quired for widening of indian trails in 1953 the question of purchase of furthe- lands to complete the trails was brought up n6 decision was reached on this h s holden optometrist eyes examined glasses fitted 7dougust s guelph bptorating for expert color scheme suggestions superior workmanship and the latest sunworthy waterfas wallpapers call decorator rockwood 51 ring 5 produced by imperial tobacco company of canada limited as a public tarvka experience and constant testing assures you of purity cleanliness antd good tast ing richness in every glass of aaasales milk dririk milk every day order it delivered all us for prompt servic masales dairy phone 74 251 main st n over 30 years in business action plans for the municipal building were demanded by cr jack rich- nrtison chairman of the town pro- jperty committee he requested a i special meeting of the entire coun cil in committee to go into the mat ter and report for open council the ontario municipial board ap- a w suggestion of deputy proved toronto townships applied- reeve fred c atkinson who pre- tion to amend its zoning bylaw to i sided at the council meeting cr permit construction of a 1000000 richardson was to ask 1 mayor e w plant just northwest or streetsville smith to call the special meeting as bv the canada clay- co quickly as possible in presenting the boards ruling stipulated that his report cr richardson said he land owned bv the company in the was being pressed by the inter- vicinitv of the plant be used only j urban board for a decision for obtaining materials for the they want to know what we in- manufacture of bricks and related tcntl d about this building the clay products and that no dynamite i councillor said if we have no plans be used in miningoperathns i tne th want to go on with a the company must also plant a i building o their own buffer of trees along two sides of its property before commencing opera- welltrained dog tions 1 i bl se marie ont cp art it was disclosed at themearing carter of desbarats has a dog which j that streetsville whicbis opposed provides all the services of a well- i to the plants location has applied trained- wife his sevenmonthold to the municipal boftrd to annex fetches slippers the news- u50cucres ottorwaiowisb4ptaumrtwm eluding the sileof the proposed i for m nf meals plant i the allnew plymouth says women still face inequality on many points calgary cp violet king cana das only negro woman lawyer told a meeting of the womens canadian club here that in many respects women still ace not considered equal to men in the eyes of the law as examples miss king cited cas- ssuch as women serving on juries e right of wives to retain- their housekeeping earnings and the ownership of a joint bank account miss king pointed out that seven of the 10 provinces permitted wo men to serve on 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